Ambush in Yanajanca

In July 1993, the Shining Path PCP succeeded in ambushing a military convoy in Yanajanca. The attack resulted in the death of five soldiers and left 15 wounded. This event occurred in a context of continuing violence in the Huallaga region, despite the capture of Abimael Guzman in September 1992. The ambush was part of a series of violent actions that the PCP-SL continued to carry out in the area, including assassinations of authorities and attacks on villages.